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TIL the first person sentenced to the stocks in Boston was Edward Palmer, the carpenter who built the stocks. His crime? Charging too much for building the stocks.

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m10dv TIL Red Bull’s famous slogan “Red Bull gives you wings” was changed to “Red Bull gives you wiiings” after a $13million lawsuit that accused the company of “fraudulent advertising” because the drink did not give people wings or elevated abilities of any kind.
XgvP TIL that ‘the females of only three species — killer whales, pilot whales, and humans — are thought to carry on living after they pass beyond their reproductive age’.
1aYrr TIL: In the early days of railroads/railways, workers used “detonators” to warn the conductor and others of caution ahead on the tracks. The “detonator” was a charge placed on the rails that would produce a very loud bang when the train passed over it.
7re6L TIL Barry, a mountain rescue dog in Switzerland, saved more than 40 lives of stranded people buried under avalanches during his lifetime (1800-1814).
b9wO4 TIL there are actually no wild alpacas. Instead, the alpaca is the domesticated version of the vicuña, which are also related to llamas.